pondok

English

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon).

Noun

pondok (plural pondoks)

1. A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pondok, from Classical Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon). The sense “hut” is a semantic loan from Betawi pondok. The sense “Islamic school” is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (pondhok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pon.doʔ]

Noun

pondok (plural pondok-pondok, first-person possessive pondokku, second-person possessive pondokmu, third-person possessive pondoknya)

1. bungalow; cottage; lodge: a building for short-term stay.
2. (Jakarta) cabin, shed, hut, hovel
3. home: one's humble abode.

   Synonym: rumah

4. (Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren.: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab.

Usage notes

• The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay pondok.
• The sense of "house" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jakarta in Kamus Dewan.
• The sense of "maktab" is informal usage in Standard Malay and labelled as Jawa in Kamus Dewan.

Derived terms

Terms derived from pondok

• memondok
• memondokkan
• pemondokan
• pondokan

• pondok pesantren
• pondok wisata

 

Descendants

• → Hokkien: 盆洛 (phûn-lo̍k)

Further reading

• “pondok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
• “pondok” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Romanization

pondok

1. Romanization of ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪